Video shows French reporter dragged off as he questions Le Pen


  • World
  • Thursday, 02 Feb 2017

Marine Le Pen, French National Front (FN) political party leader and candidate for the French 2017 presidential election, attends a news conference in Paris, France, Janaury 26, 2017. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen

PARIS (Reuters) - A video showing a reporter being grabbed by security men and hustled away after asking a question of National Front leader Marine Le Pen circulated on the Internet on Thursday amid confusion over the circumstances of the incident.

It was not clear what had happened beforehand in a room at a convention centre where Le Pen was encircled by reporters and camera crews covering her presidential election campaign.

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